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单词 hue and cry
释义 hue and cry
noun
Etymology: hue (IV)
1.
 a. : a loud outcry used in the pursuit of felons and joined and taken up by all who heard it in the pursuit
 b. : the pursuit of a felon or a written proclamation for the capture of a felon or the finding of stolen goods
2. : a clamor of pursuit or protest
 < had visions of sheriffs … posses and hue and cry — Esther Forbes >
 < conservative politicians joined in the hue and cry against the school — Hunter Mead >
3. : hubbub
 < the unloading … was being conducted with a hue and cry, with raucous bangs and crashes — Jean Stafford >
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